Devil's Crush Pinball Upscale / Portrait

This is a pixel by pixel vector reconstruction/upscale of Naxat's Devil's Crush pinball video game from the Turbo Grafx-16.

To produce this upscale, I traced along the pixels edges of the original 16-bit board. Each vector is modeled with increased fidelity in mind.

Contained within this framework is a portrait of my girlfriend, my "Devil's Crush".

Devil's Crush Upscale - Full Board (Giclée- 17.25" x 37")

Skull Detail

The portrait of my girlfriend. The Heavy Metal style backdrop seemed like a fitting framework to pay tribute to my love.

Dragon protecting eggs.

Skull mouth open for Skill Shot.

Title Screen Upscale - Early Study.

Pac Man & Ghost - Artist Feature

I took part in the A NIGHT AT THE ARGYLE group show. Artists contributed illustrations on Staple’s 36’’ x 48’’ Engineering Prints.

The image was produced using Illustrator and the ultra-high resolution textures were added using Astute Graphics Plug-Ins. I won a Featured Artist place on their web site for this piece. As my reward I also received a mug with the Pac Man image on it.

Pac Man & Ghost - 36’’ x 48’’ - Evening at the Argyle

Pac Man

Ghost

I won Astute Graphic's Featured Artist for my work on Pac Man and Ghost.

Ghost Detail

A Night at the Argyle wasn't even held at the Argyle (due to flooding) - that's how hip this event was.

Mega65 Laptop Case Design

The German organization MEGA (Museum of Electronic Games and Art) asked me to design a laptop concept for their computer prototype, the MEGA 65.

The MEGA 65 is an enhanced Commodore 64/65 compatible computer.

Care was taken to honor the styling of the Commodore 65 prototype case. Special attention was given to the keyboard to ensure both Commodore users and new entrants into the retro market would not be frustrated with the laptop's layout.

Modern ports were chosen in favor of legacy ports. This cut down on extra bulk and cost. One exception was made in the inclusion of two vintage 9-pin Control Ports as they are low cost and extremely popular even today.

Mega 65-LT - The look of the case is meant to reflect the mid-90's design sensibilities of Commodore Computers.Special attention was given to the Commodore 65 prototype.

MEGA 65-LT - When closed the laptop looks like a 90's period Commodore minus the keyboard.

Power Supply and Mouse - Smaller power supply and increased mouse ergonomics for the modern retro enthusiast.

A comparative keyboard layout study between the Commodore 65, and multiple Commodore period laptops used to create the final MEGA 65 layout.

Final keyboard layout - This layout allows for complete compatibility with Commodore 64, Commodore 65 and the MEGA 65. There is minimal impact on keyboard layout between desktop and laptop implementation.

Mega 65 Logo. Once again lovingly derived from Commodore's brand, MEGA branding maintains a look all its own.

C-64 Super Mario Bros. Demakes

My personal tribute to Super Mario. This is an ongoing series of maps and graphic packs for a Commodore 64 adaptation of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. 1 & 2.

Growing up in the 80's, I clocked hundreds of hours on my Commodore 64. I think I knew even back then that I wanted to create art with computers.

When I was 12 years old, my friend brought his copy of Nintendo Power Issue #1 to school. It featured the new game, Super Mario Bros. 2. I knew my parents didn't have the money for a Nintendo so my young mind hatched a plan to port my own version to my Commodore.

All these years later, I am still flirting with the idea. I love imposing limitations on design and working on C64 materials is very good practice for that

Commodore 64 Super Mario loading screens

Commodore 64 Super Mario Bros. - Map and Graphics

Commodore 64 Super Mario Bros. - Cotton Bandana

Commodore 64 Super Mario Bros. - Instruction booklet details.

Commodore 64 Super Mario Bros. 2 (US) - Map and Graphics

Commodore 64 Super Mario Bros. 2 (US) - Disk mockup

Up and to the Right Group Art Show

I was a major contributor to the Up and to the Right show. Items included, shirt designs, stickers, lighters, "SugarBert" cookies (created using a 3d printed cookie cutter), Tomy Robot prints, and Devil's Crush.

It was a fantastic opportunity to exhibit my work.

Lite-Brite Diamond Ghost t-shirt - Red, Black, Charcoal

Series of 30 - Hand assembled "mini" Lite-Brite Bic lighters.

Delicious SugarBert Cookies

I am new to both 3D printing and cookie baking so it's a miracle these turned out!